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ITMO Accelerator: New Formats and How to Participate
…le, in 2012, the group organized a large-scale tour of major American universities (Harvard University, MIT, Stanford University) for the staff of the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations, which led to the launch of joint scientific and other projects. Alexey Solomatin shares that he organizes trips and events like this one because he’s interested in h…
03.09.2019
Fresh Start: Opportunities for Students at ITMO University
…d have fun while at it. A sports fan? Our Kronbars, named the best student sports club in Russia, would be your best bet, with 50 sports and related activities, such as sports management, marketing, journalism, photography, videography and design, to choose from. Is it volunteering that’s close to your heart? ITMO’s Volunteer Center will welcome you with open arms. C…
29.08.2019
Russian and Swedish Scientists Work Together on New Biomedical Product
… spider silk fiber and coated with a uniform layer of inorganic nanoparticles can be optically active while remaining strong and elastic. Apart from that, the researchers have managed to prove that the resulting composites are biologically compatible. “Our task was to come up with the easiest, cheapest and safest way of creating hybrid materials. Our research in…
23.08.2019
2019 Light Nights in Gatchina: Projects by ITMO Participants
…our goal; you don’t know what it will be like working with certain materials, or how the equipment will function in a park. But I think that it all worked out just fine. We’ve managed to solve all tasks, including the unexpected ones, and even got some rather surprising results. This is how “live” materials work: you can’t plan everything in advance, there still rema…
22.08.2019
Summer School in Finland: Accessible Design and Technologies
…, so that all participants would engage in collective work on bringing a specific project to life. What I consider to be my special achievement on this course is that I managed to personally discuss our development with the lecturers: they turned out to be very open-minded people who are more than happy to communicate and discuss. What is more, we are even pla…
20.08.2019
ITMO Delegates Discuss the Development of Public Spaces During a Visit to Finland
… of the World” mission, as part of which an introductory visit was organized to the Finnish capital city of Helsinki aimed at exploring the best practices for the creation and management of coworking and public spaces. The event is implemented with support from the Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg, the Russian Federation Embassy in Finland, the R…
19.08.2019
ITMO Students and Staff Take Part in Startup Festival *ship
…rom ITMO, shared our experience of supporting entrepreneurship at the University. We’ve spoken about the work done by our Entrepreneurship Center, the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations, our acceleration program, the Startup Thesis initiative, and others. In attendance were representatives of incubation and acceleration programs and students’ …
16.08.2019
ITMO and Moscow State University Scientists Announce an Open Call for a Joint Article Series for Frontiers in Chemistry
… the most apposite approaches and a platform. This search led us to the prestigious journal Frontiers in Chemistry. It is in the course of communicating with the publication’s manager for development that we came up with the idea of a series of articles dedicated to the periodic table and chemistry elements in the larger sense,” shares Mikhail Kurushkin. Fronti…
16.08.2019
ITMO Researcher Represents Russia at QKD Security Workshop
… particular workshop brought together scientists from Canada, the US, China, Switzerland, the UK, Czechia and Russia. You were the only Russian participant. How did you manage to be invited as a speaker? The workshop has been held for the second year in a row, and it’s true that you could take part only if you were invited. It just so happened that I was of…
15.08.2019
60,000 Steps a Day: ITMO Students on Organizing Mendeleev-150 Conference
…t in designing the conference, was in charge of the poster exhibition and the volunteers, held briefings, and so much more. During the actual conference, I was responsible for managing the overall situation, relaying tasks to the volunteers, and, most importantly, organizing and overseeing the poster exhibition. It’s wonderful that we, then-first-year students, we…
14.08.2019